This article refers to Trumps recent travel ban and the effects of this ban on higher education. The number of international students that will be affected is over 8,000 but could expand to a million with the inclusion of just a few other countries in this ban. Universities are a great system of learning but also contribute a great deal to the economy. “International students account for one-third of the PhDs earned in the US” says the Star-Ledger Editorial Board. Millions of dollars every year stream in and out of each university and provide millions of jobs for people. Losing students means you're losing money and this indirectly will affect the economy. A degree from an American university is considered a prized export to most other countries. They want to send their kids to our schools and this ban stops that.
My personal opinions on this is that education is universal. Everyone in all countries has the capacity to learn and it is a part of all cultures. Therefore, I think that learning with people of other cultures can sometimes be invaluable. You learn things you only would if you perhaps traveled to different countries. I have a lot of opinions about this ban but I think its particularly wrong in the way it’ll affect education. Looking at politics and the leaders of the US it is clear that power and money are the two biggest demons. Everyone wants more money, all the time. I know Trump is no exception. I think that the amount of students we would lose with the ban hurts not only the spread and increase of funding and money through the economy but also the cultural knowledge we can learn from others.
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